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Population: 112,000 Located in Jones County
Abilene, Texas Abilene is famous for its friendly, helpful people and is known as a great place to raise a family. We are a mid-sized city with a friendly "know-your-neighbors" flavor of a small town. Located in west central Texas, 183 miles west of Dallas, Abilene is home to Dyess Air Force Base, home of the B-1 bomber and C-130 transport planes. Abilene is at the hub of the Texas Midwest Network and of a diversified economy which includes manufacturing, retail trade, farming and ranching, medical care and petroleum. |